Two of the chapels in this
Gothic church are designed in
baroque manner. These are the Cacace Chapel and the Chapel of Sant'Antonio. Both are designed by
Cosimo Fanzago. The first of these chapels was commissioned by Giovan Camillo Cacace, lawyer and member of the
Accademia degli Oziosi; while the latter chapel was made for the
Carthusian Order. His use of richly colored inlaid marble contrasts with the more sober Gothic interior of the church.
Cacace Chapel The Cacace Chapel is dedicated to
Mary of the Rosary when it was acquired by the De Caro family in 1571. Giovan Camillo Cacace, nephew of Francesco and Giuseppe De Caro, decided to renovate the chapel in the 1640s. Four of the sculptures in this chapel were executed by
Andrea di Bolgi, a sculptor from the
Bernini studio in Rome. The sculptures include: to the left the whole figure of Giuseppe De Caro, kneeling, with below the bust of his brother, Francesco De Caro. To the right is the praying and kneeling figure of Vittoria De Caro, sister of Giuseppe and Francesco, and mother of the commissioner, Giovan Camillo. His bust is shown below Vittoria. The cupola of the chapel is frescoed by
Niccolò De Simone, who substituted the prior artist,
Massimo Stanzione. It depicts the
Trinity and
Glory of the Virgin, though the fresco is severely damaged and hardly visible nowadays. At the sides are the
Friendship between Saints Francis and Dominic and the
Sleep of Innocent XIII Who Sees Saints Francis and Dominic rule over the ruined Lateran. The four pendants the painter depicted Saints
John the Baptist,
Joseph,
Anne and
Joachim. The altarpiece is painted by
Massimo Stanzione and depicts the
Our Lady of the Rosary, a subject that became popular after the
Council of Trent of 1563. His style annamolla of
Caravaggio, though with brighter use of color and more attention to physiology. ==See also==